AHA, Amazon Precision Medicine Initiative

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The
American Heart Association (AHA) and Amazon Web Services (AWS) formed a
partnership to use cloud technology to discover advanced in
cardiovascular science and medicine.

The collaboration, which was announced
July 7, is part of the AHA’s Institute for Cardiovascular Medicine. The
AHA will invest $30 million in the next five years to launch the
institute, which will focus on researching precision medicine. The
organization is seeking an additional $100 million to $200 million in a
fundraising campaign for the institute.

“The promise of precision cardiovascular medicine and care can be
realized when research and technology come together to deliver new
insights,” AHA CEO Nancy Brown said in a news release. “The AHA and AWS
collaboration will unite the global research community to accelerate
discovery in cardiovascular health and usher in a new era of tailored
prevention and treatment that will help patients and lessen the global
burden of cardiovascular disease.”

The AHA also announced it will award 14 grants during a 12-month
period, in which the AHA will provide funding for research expenses and
salaries while AWS will provide recipients with access to its services
such as computational storage and analyses.

“AWS is uniquely positioned to provide scalable, cost-efficient
solutions for the scientific community, while delivering the
industry-shaping technology and high-performance computing necessary to
facilitate the most demanding research projects,” Teresa Carlson, vice
president of AWS’s worldwide public sector, said in a news release.
“We’re honored to be the AHA’s collaborator on this incredibly important
endeavor to improve cardiovascular health worldwide.”

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American Heart Association, Amazon Web Services, precision medicine, cloud technology
The American Heart Association (AHA) and Amazon Web Services (AWS) formed a partnership to use cloud technology. The AHA will invest $30 million in the next five years to launch the institute, which will focus on researching precision medicine.

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